Report: Man tried to carjack woman on phone with 911 dispatchers

By Barbara HijekFloriDUH

Timing is everything.

As the 44-year-old woman was driving home from Orlando, she noticed a small, low-rider car with its high-beam headlights on following her in Deltona. A short time later, the car’s headlights turned off as the car continued to follow close behind, according to a news release from the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

As the woman passed her home she decided to keep driving and called 911 at 3:14 a.m.

Then, a minute later at a stop light, a man with a red bandana covering his face ordered her to get out of the car while she was still on the phone with dispatchers. The woman suddenly said, “He's trying to rob me! He's trying to rob me! He has a gun!” according to the release.

The dispatcher told her to drive away and the woman successfully did so. Responding deputies who then met with her at a convenience store were unable to locate the suspect’s vehicle, the release stated.